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Actiu receives the “BID2012 Prize: Business and Design”

Actiu receives the “BID2012 Prize: Business and Design”

NOVEMBER 2012 | 2 minutes

Actiu was handed the BID2012 prize “Business and Design“ by DIMAD, the Association of Designers in Madrid, when they took part in a workshop “Design and Business Success“ organized by the slaughterhouse in Madrid, with the aim of demonstrating the importance of the design and creativity in the projection of businesses in the market and its impact on economic performance.

DIMAD organized the III Biennial Ibero-American Design, BID 2012. This is one of the most important events for the promotion of contemporary design which is carried out in Latin America, Spain and Portugal and which includes a large exhibition with meeting areas and thought. In this edition, BID 2012, Soledat Berbegal, Head of Communications, Actiu, accompanied by the architect and designer Pedro Feduchi, explained to all those present how design is an efficient tool in the strategy, and a key determinant of the success for the Company Actiu.

“Design is not only present in our products but also forms part of our own DNA; Creativity goes beyond the design of a product, we must be creative to motivate a team, to desseminate and communicate our brand, to establish spaces which will turn workspaces into more friendly and inspiring environments”, explained Berbegal, who showed Actiu Technological Park as a case study, “facilities where the design breathes and results in sustainable and ergonomic spaces”.

Next they presented two other case studies of how design has accompanied a great business success. Marcus Sulzbacher, Creative director and Head of the Design Area, AlmapBBDO, explained the unique case of Havainanas  flip-flops. made for the first time in 1962 and inspired by Zori, japanese sandals made with grains of rice in the soles and strips of coloured fabric.To complete the ceremony, the president of the Renova group, Paulo Pereira de Silva, made an encouraging speech, indicating that creativity and innovation allow businesses to “add a twist” to their products and life to clients. Pereira de Silva discussed a striking example of reinvention. “Today Renova, founded in 1939, does not market toilet paper, but transmits sensations in their PointWC boutiques located in famous landmarks such as the Louvre in Paris”

The event was carried out at the headquarters of DIMAD situated in the warehouse no. 17, in the old slaughterhouse in Madrid, restored and renovated by the architect Jose Antonio Garcia Roldan. Since 2007 it has been a benchmark for dissemination and promotion of design, intended as a halfway discipline between economy and culture.